Organizers announced the schedule for the Verlirium Mountain Bike Festival. It's the largest Canadian mountain bike festival and is in Mont-Sainte-Anne with more than 45,000 visitors and 2,500 athletes attending. This year's event includes the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and many amateur races along with family activities. It spans three weekends from June 9 to 24.
This year's program is below:
Saturday, June 9: 4X Vélirium
Sunday, June 10: Québec Cup – Downhill
Saturday, June 16: Raid Vélo Mag (a race starting downtown Québec and finishing 71 km later at Mont-Sainte-Anne)
Sunday, June 17: Freeride Cup Vélirium and Veli-slope jam
Thursday, June 21: Delirium Urbain (sprint race, downtown)
Friday, June 22: Québec Cup – Cross country (a classic since 1983)
Saturday, June 23: World cup– Cross Country
Sunday, June 24 : World cup– Downhill and 4X
